Bill O’Reilly slanders 82nd Airborne
So why did Bill O’Reilly slander these men?
Fox and O’Reilly: 82nd like Nazis
by miholo [Subscribe]
Tue Oct 4th, 2005 at 12:19:36 PDT
From Crooks and Liars. There was an exchange on Fox News last night between Bill O’Reilly and Wes Clark. The issue was the release of further Abu Ghraib pictures and video.
O’Reilly was incensed that it “puts our troops at risk”. Clark responded that what’s putting the troops at risk is the chain of command letting, or even making, this happen in the first place.
O’Lielly was saying that it happens just like this in every war, with Clark rebutting that those were isolated incidents which were court-martialed.
And then, this:
Clark: And let me explain something. You go all the way up the chain of command …O’Reilly: General! You need to look at the Malmedy massacre in World War Two, and the 82nd Airborne who did it!
Video of the exchange here.
The Malmedy massacre? Well, about that on the flip…